Mike Crabtree

Mike Crabtree
Corporate
Job Title
President and CEO

Mike Crabtree is President and CEO of SRC, leveraging over 30 years of experience in energy and clean tech with a strong emphasis on innovation and R&D in those two sectors. His international footprint extends across 30 countries in Europe, Africa, North America and the Middle East. Holding a bachelor’s degree in chemistry and a master’s degree in petroleum engineering, Mike chairs several Canadian and US companies and has raised hundreds of millions of dollars from government and private investors for successful new technology ventures. Prior to SRC, he was an executive board member at Carbon Engineering Inc, focusing on direct air capture of carbon dioxide. Mike also founded and led Oilflow Solutions Inc, an oilfield services company, and held numerous senior executive roles at Schlumberger Inc. Currently, he is leading SRC on the development of North America’s first vertically integrated Rare Earth Processing Facility, which will be operational in 2024 and introducing the world's first eVinciTM microreactor into Saskatchewan before the end of the decade.

Posts by this Author

Post-CHOPS Well Head with Sunset
written by Mike Crabtree
In Saskatchewan, there are hundreds of millions of barrels of heavy oil still in the ground and currently no way to extract it. SRC's new Post-CHOPS Well Test Centre validates new technologies that could solve this challenge.
Graphic showing wormhole diagram
written by Mike Crabtree
CHOPs produces thousands of barrels of heavy oil per day for Saskatchewan, but also leaves 90 per cent of the oil in the reservoir untouched. Maturing wells represent an opportunity to deploy new technology into the reservoirs to recover the remaining oil.
Glossy lake with a cloudy sky
written by Mike Crabtree
Water is said to be one of the major environmental impacts of oil and gas production. While industry has long been conscious of water treatment, both above and below ground, there are some significant challenges facing them regarding sourcing and using water.